IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: REESTABLISHMENT OF THE : NO. 504
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE :
56th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE : MAGISTERIAL RULES DOCKET
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 14th day of July 2022, upon consideration of the Petition to
Reestablish the Magisterial Districts of the 56th Judicial District (Carbon County) of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it is hereby ORDERED AND DECREED that the
Petition, which provides for the reestablishment of the Magisterial Districts within Carbon
County as they currently exist, to be effective immediately, is granted.
Said Magisterial Districts will be reestablished as follows:
Magisterial District 56-3-01 Jim Thorpe Borough
Magisterial District Judge Eric M. Schrantz Lehighton Borough
Mahoning Township (Voting District
Packerton/Jamestown)
Penn Forest Township
Weissport Borough
Magisterial District 56-3-02 Bowmanstown Borough
Magisterial District Judge William J. Kissner Franklin Township
Lower Towamensing Township
Palmerton Borough
Parryville Borough
Towamensing Township
Magisterial District 56-3-03 East Penn Township
Magisterial District Judge Casimir T. Kosciolek Lansford Borough
Mahoning Township (Voting
Districts Mahoning & New
Mahoning)
Nesquehoning Borough
Summit Hill Borough
Magisterial District 56-3-04 Banks Township
Magisterial District Judge Joseph D. Homanko, Sr. Beaver Meadows Borough
East Side Borough
Kidder Township
Lausanne Township
Lehigh Township
Packer Township
Weatherly Borough
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